Fence



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FENCE.

Patented May 12v, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL CALHOUN AND JAMES G. CALHOUN, OF EDINBURG, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,623, dated May 1.2, 1885.

Application filed April 24, 1884.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL CALHOUN and J AMEs G. CALHOUN, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Edinburg, in the county of Portage and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings forming a part of the speciication, Figure l is an elevation of a section ofthe fence, and Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same.

One of the wire links s s surrounds post a and bar a', near the top of the fence, and the other under the lowest boards, b, of the fence. These links are hinged in staples c c e, on opposite sides ot' post a and bar a', into which the staples are driven. When bar a is raised to bring links s s into a horizontal position at right angles to posta, the post and bar are sufficiently far apart to allow boards b to be placed in the position shown in the drawings, with their ends between the bar and post. The upper boards, Z), rest on the upper link,

and the lower boards on the lower link, and

their weight forces the links into an inclined position, and draws bar a toward post a, thereby firmly pressing and holding the ends of boards b between the bar and post. The ends of consecutive boards overlap each other with their edges in contact; but, if preferred, they may be placed in line with their ends meeting each other, and be kept a sufficient distance apart vertically by means of short pieces of boards, to be placed between post a and bar a', for the boards b to rest on.

In making cheap but serviceable farm (No model.)

fences, rails may be used instead of boards b. Link s is formed of a single piece of wire whose ends overlap each other in the form of 4o a half-knot, with the projecting ends of the wire slightly turned up. When the ends of the wire are thus connected with one part of the wire over the other close to the upturned ends, the greater the weight on link s the more the overlapping parts are pressed together, to prevent their separation. In this way of connecting the ends of the wire there is no short bend in it, or loop which would materially weaken it. Staples c c are driven in post a over the overlapping parts of link s, in contact with the inner sides of the upturned ends of the wire. The ends of the wire may thus be fastened together either against the post or bar a.

When formed as herein described, link s may be cheaply made of comparatively small wire, and yet be sufficiently strong to support a fence of heavy boards or rails..

Ve claim as our invention- In a fence, the post a and bar a, in combination with links s s, each formed of a single piece of wire, with its ends overlapping each other in a half-knot and turned up, staples o c, driven in the post over the lapped part of the link, in Contact with the turnedup ends of the wire, and staple c, driven in bar a', over the opposite end ot' the link, substantially as described.

SAMUEL CALHOUN. JAMES G. CALHOUN. Witnesses:

BRADFORD HowLAND, GEO. H. ROBINSON. 

